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Nicole Mitchell & An Arche New Music Ensemble: Arc of O

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Arc of O è un lavoro commissionato a Nicole Mitchell dal Chicago Jazz Festival, eseguito in prima assoluta nel mese di settembre 2010 nella Wind City e replicato tre mesi più tardi a Poznan in Polonia insieme all'ARCHE New Music Ensemble diretto da Rafal Zapala. Il risultato di quell'evento è lo splendido disco dato alle stampe dalla sempre più interessante Rogue Art. “For Improvisers, Chamber Orchestra & Electronics," recita il sottotitolo del disco e proprio nell'incontro tra due mondi espressivi ...

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Indigo Trio - Michel Edelin: The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Come spesso accade nel jazz, ad un incontro live fa seguito una sessione di registrazione in studio. In questo caso, i protagonisti dell'incontro sono l'Indigo Trio (Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake) ed il flautista Michel Edelin. Il luogo, Strasburgo. L'album, questo “The Ethiopian Princess Meets the Tantric Priest," che già nel titolo lascia intravedere quel pizzico di follia indispensabile quando la musica si muove su orizzonti ampiamente improvvisati (Nicole Mitchell non è una principessa etiope, e tantomeno Edelin è ...

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Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

Read "Awakening" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

This is could be called flautist Niicole Mitchell's first blowing date, although the rarefied nature of her music renders the term only loosely applicable. It's true that, in working with a quartet, she's created the right circumstances for music more reflective of the tradition to happen, but the results are no mere reiteration of a fading blueprint--thanks, in no small part, to guitarist Jeff Parker, the catalyst which sparks the revolutionary nature of this program There are ...

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Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Che Nicole Mitchell sia una delle protagoniste più stimolanti del jazz degli ultimi anni è un dato di fatto confermato dalle tante uscite discografiche, dalle collaborazioni e dalla presenza in festival e rassegne. Gli appassionati si dividono poi nei giudizi: la flautista ha puntato molto in questi anni su progetti per largo organico in cui convivono energie molto differenti e a volte qualche ingenuità compositiva, facendo pensare a più d'uno che ambiti più raccolti e più spontanei siano quelli ideali ...

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Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

Read "Awakening" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Flautist Nicole Mitchell is visionary. Her music clasps a wide panorama of styles and sounds in a constant quest for the new, as she opens up a sonic spectrum that moves from quiet interludes to scintillating rhythmic motifs. Mitchell brings the flute up front on this CD, working with a quartet rather than the larger ensembles she has employed in the past. This gives the music intimacy yet, as with all of her recordings, has a tensile layer ...

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Nicole Mitchell: Awakening

Read "Awakening" reviewed by Jack Huntley

by Jack Huntley

Flautist Nicole Mitchell's generous improvisational abilities are at the musical heart of Awakening. Not only does she move effortlessly from single-note lines and sliding honks to wispy, soft timbres, but she is equally comfortable moving from pure melodic phrasing to more experimental, free content. Coupled with an exceptional trio backing, Mitchell's album crackles with infectious spontaneity. Her music manages to be at once reflective and energetic, accessible as well as clever. “Curly Top" kicks of the set ...

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Joelle Leandre - Nicole Mitchell - Dylan Van Der Schyff: Before After

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Registrato al Festival di Vancouver del 2009, questo incontro tra tre forti personalità della scena impro richiede, come è intuibile, anche all'ascoltatore le giuste sintonie. Ma incuriosisce sin dalle prime note l'interazione tra il contrabbasso di Joëlle Léandre, i flauti di Nicole Mitchell e le percussioni di Dylan Van Der Schyff, artisti con percorsi personali molto differenti e proprio per questo in grado di condividere liberamente elementi lessicali mobili. Quattro improvvisazioni che scavano in più direzioni, quella timbrica in primis, ...

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